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CHARLES P. XYIIITE, OF TAUN TON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO -WHITE,WARNER & (10., OF SAME PLACE.

GRATE FOR STOVES, RANGES, 800.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 551,518, datedDecember'lV, 1895.

Application filed October 26, 1894. Serial No. 527,025. (No model.)

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES P. WHITE, of Taunton, in the county ofBristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Grates for Stoves, Ranges, and the Like, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention is intended to be applied to that class of heaters in whichthe lining is supported independently of the gratefor example, by meansof a frame which is permanently located within the walls of the stove;and it consists in improved means for supporting the grate which shallallow the grate to be easily removed through the ashpit withoutdisturbing the lining or any other part of the stove.

My invention will be easily understood by reference to the drawings, inwhich my invention is shown applied to a cooking-stove.

Figure 1 is a plan of a fire-box embodying my invention, Fig. 2 being afront elevation of the ash-pit, the front wall being removed to show theparts in position. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a portionof the interior of the stove, all the removable parts being omitted.Fig. 4: is aperspective of the standard for supporting the grate. Fig. 5is a cross-section of my stove, showing the interior arrangement of theparts at one end; and Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic detail, partly in sectionand partly in elevation, showing the manner in which the grate-supportsare put into place.

My invention is shown applied to a stove in which there are two gratesadapted to be oscillated to shake down the ashes.

A is a frame permanently set on suitable brackets a just below thelinings so as to assist in holding them in place.

B B are the gratebars, both being so hung as to be oscillated. Thegrate-bar B is provided with a shaft which extends out through the wallof the stove and is square at the end b so as to be operated by theordinary shaking-handle. It is provided at the other end with a gear 1)which engages with the corresponding gear b in the end of the grate-bar13, so that both grate-bars will be oscillated at the same time by theshaking-handle.

The journals of these grate-bars are supported in two standards 0,shaped as shown in Fig. 4. Each of these standards is provided with tworests c, which form journal boxes or rests for the grate-bars, and thefoot 5 5 of each standard is preferably bent, as shown in Fig. 2, so asto rest upon the floor, or a suitable portion of the ash-pit D, and bethere held in place, for example, between the sloping wall d of theash-pit and a bolt d or to other projection provided for the purpose, ifnecessary. As shown, the bolt (1' projects from the ear (:1 in the wallof the ash-pit.

E E are brackets attached to the inner wall of the stove and adapted toreceive the ends of the grate-bars B B when the standards 0 have beenremoved. These brackets are preferably attached to the said wallslightly below the level of the ends of the gratebars so as not tointerfere with the operation of the grate-bars, and yet at the same timenot to allow the grate-bars to drop any appreciable distanee when thestandards Ghave been removed. The rear edge of the brackets E and thefront edge of the bracket E project 7 5 slightly upward, as shown, tokeep the bars from sliding off.

Guides F are attached to the front wall of the store, as shown in Figs.1 and 3, to assist in placing the standards in position, these guidesbeing so shaped and placed that the standards C may be easily slippedinto position without any great care. As shown, these guides are curvedto conform to the shape of the curved portion of the standards C, sothat when one of the standards is placed against this guide F it willonly be necessary to push the support back into place, lifting theadjacent ends of the grate-bars slightly to allow the support to bepushed under them.

The operation of this mechanism is as follows: When it is desired toremove the gratebars for any purpose-for example, when worn so as toneed replacingche standards 5 C O are first removed. The grates willthen drop so that their ends will be supported by the brackets E E andthe hole in the stovewall, through which the end I) of the grate Bpasses. The grates may then be lifted outin turn, the front edge e ofthe bracket E being made quite low for that purpose, yet being madesufficiently high to prevent the gratebar B from falling off thebracket. To replace the grate-bars, they are first set up onto thesebrackets E E, the end I) being passed through the hole in the wall. Thestandards 0 are then put in place, each guide F being so shaped andplaced that a standard may be put into the ash-pit against it, and thenpushed along into place, it serving as a guide, so that the work can bedone practically without inspection. The ends of the grates are liftedinto the rests c c as the standard is pushedinto place. It will benoticed that the under side of each guide is concave and its curvedsurface will direct the top of the standard which is pushed up againstit, so that it will strike the under side ofthe part A. By this means itis possible to put the standards into position by feeling merely, andwithout watching carefully the direction in which they are moving. Theshape of this standard and of the brackets E E may be altered to conformwith other styles of grate-bars, and the shape and location of the guideF may also be altered to conform to any other shaped standard or maybeomitted entirely, my invention consisting mainly in the use of aremovable standard to support the grate and fixed brackets by which thegrate will be supported temporarily when the standards have beenremoved. The utility of this device will be apparent to all who have hadexperience with removing grate'bars.

I prefer to make the standards sufficiently high so that they may engagewith the frame A, which with this form the top of the rests a, so thatthe ends of the grate-bars will not slip out of their bearings.

WVhat I claim as my invention is- 1. In a stove having removable gratebars, the removable supports 0, in combination with brackets located toreceive and support the grate bars in substantially their normalposition when the supports have been removed, and at the same time allowthe grate bars to be removed therefrom, all as and for the purposes setforth.

2. In a stove of the kind described, in combination with removable gratebars I), 13, removable supports 0 adapted to hold said grate barspermanently in place and to be removed therefrom before removing saidgrate bars and the guides F located on or in proximity to the frontwallof the stove belowthe level of the top of said supports and adapted toguide said supports into place, as set forth.

3. In a stove, in combination, the stationary frame A the removablegrate bars, the standards 0 provided with rests 0 adapted to receive andsupport the ends of said grate bars, the upper ends of said standardsresting against said frame A and adapted to be steadied thereby, as andfor the purposes set forth.

In witness whereofI have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of October,18%.

CHARLES P. WHITE. Vitnesses:

JENNIE M. VVHITTERs, HOWARD L. PHILLIPS.

